TheWoWDBIn every expansion there is something that makes players waste their time and want to break the PC and quit WoW. This quest is this expansion's torture. You have to start the race, press 1 so you get speed, pass the first 4 circles with that speed, press 2 to get some height, pass ring 5 and use 1 again to go fast to ring 6, 7, 8. If you don't manage to do that 100% correctly, you are transfered back to the start. And then, oops, you do it again. And again. And again.
Quest
The Skytop Observatory
A World of Warcraft quest in The Waking Shores. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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Note that if you are having trouble completing the course by flying through the rings, you can just make your own way to the Observatory, and you will still be able to turn in the quest.
Dragonriding = 0/10. Want normal flying mounts back, please.
Quest facts
LevelLevel 10-70
Quest ID68796
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(68796))
What to do
StorylineIn Defense of Life, step 8 of 18
Rewards2g 80s 90c, 1,200 XP
Description
Those are the basics of riding a drake! You are doing quite well. Now, I would like to introduce you to some of the others involved in this adventure. We have made a home for ourselves over at the Skytop Observatory. Celormu will be able to help guide you there. Speak to him when you feel ready to take to the skies! See you there!
Where to go
Pins are the quest’s own POI points from the current retail client, projected onto the in-game zone map. The game marks one blob as the quest’s turn-in; the rest are objective areas. Points that fall outside a map’s window are dropped rather than guessed at.
Turn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #2022 75.2 55.0
Coordinates
- Turn-inThe Waking Shores 75.2, 55.0
/way #2022 75.2 55.0 - Objective areaThe Waking Shores 57.7, 66.7
/way #2022 57.7 66.7 - Objective areaThe Waking Shores 73.0, 55.6
/way #2022 73.0 55.6
Map coordinates of the pins above. An area the client draws as a shape is given by the centre of its points.
Nearby on the The Waking Shores map
- The Storm Race Tour same spot
- Lightning Strikes same spot
- My First Real Emergency! about 1,090 yards
- Give Peace a Chance about 1,090 yards
- Encroaching Elementals about 1,090 yards
- The Djaradin Have Awoken about 1,100 yards
- Adventuring in the Dragon Isles about 1,110 yards
- Where is Wrathion? about 1,140 yards
- Excuse the Mess about 1,140 yards
- In Tyr's Footsteps: The Waking Shores about 1,140 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on The Waking Shores, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on The Waking Shores:
- Skytop Observatory, The Waking Shores
- Rebuff Lookout, The Waking Shores
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- Objective area
- Objective area
- Objective area
Straight-line distances in yards between the quest’s own map markers (QuestPOI) and the client’s flight-point positions (TaxiNodes); flight paths and terrain are not modelled.
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Money2 gold80 silver
Experience1,200 XP
Other quests on the Waking Shores map
Storyline
In Defense of Life
Part 8 of 18.
Previous: The Need For Higher Velocities · Next: Skyriding Talents and You
- 3Skyriding
- 4How to Glide with Your Dragon
- 5How to Dive with Your Dragon
- 6How to Use Momentum with Your Dragon
- 7The Need For Higher Velocities
- 8The Skytop Observatory
- 9Skyriding Talents and You
- 10Return to the Ruby Lifeshrine
- 11Training Wings
- 12Who Brought the Ruckus?
- 13The Primary Threat
- 14Basalt Assault
Showing steps 3 to 14 of 18.
Also part of: Introduction to Dragonriding (part 5 of 7), The Waking Shores (part 20 of 52).
Storyline order is the client’s own QuestLine data from the current retail build.
Where this quest fits
Before this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- The Need For Higher Velocities
Sometimes you'll need to travel longer distances. If you don't need to travel up and over any obstacles using Surge Forward is the easiest way to maintain a good forward speed to prevent yourself from plummeting out of the sky.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Skyriding Talents and You
Obviously, it is not just Glensera and myself that are invested in these adventurers. Lithragosa is also excited to help you hone your dragonriding skills, and you have already met Celormu which is excellent. Your next stop is to speak to Lithragosa, who can show you what skills you can learn!
The storyline at a glance
In Defense of Life has 18 steps, from For the Benefit of the Queen to Exeunt, Triumphant.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): The Waking Shores (18).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on The Waking Shores map
- Dragonscale Expedition Renown
- Obsidian Citadel Alt Skip
- The Dragonscale Expedition
- Dragons in Distress
- Wrathion's Gambit
- The Chieftain's Duty
Steps, storylines and map placement from the client’s QuestLine, prerequisite and QuestPOI data; neighbouring quest text is Blizzard’s own (quest API), shortened to its opening sentences.